I've tried a few fulfillment services, including Shipbob (in the US), I still go with Amazon FBA.
Shopify fulfillment (shopify.com/fulfillment) should be pretty good, but as far as I know it's limited to sellers doing an average of 10 orders a day.
The flow I use:
- Send inventory into Amazon warehouses
- Connect the Amazon FBA fulfillment service to Shopify store
- Fulfill orders on Shopify through Amazon
- Now you have 2 good sales channels - website + Amazon
Here are the details on the setup, including how to automate it: speedboostr.com/automate-order-fulfillment-on-shopify.
Side bonus is that you can launch new products / variations on Amazon to get data on what people want. This is especially helpful when your website / brand is new and you don't have an audience yet, because it's pretty easy to get a lot of views on Amazon.
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Speed Boostr (Shopify optimization experts, theme customization, custom app development).
Creator of
Shopify Analyzer (first performance analysis tool for Shopify sites, free for the Shopify community).
Creator of
Order Automator (auto tag orders and customers + auto fulfill orders + email notifications).
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Theme Scientist (A/B testing app) and
Tip Jar (add a tip button to your store).
